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In recent years, India has enjoyed one of the highest growth rates worldwide, weathering the global financial crisis … investment. Stepping up structural reforms will also be necessary if double-digit growth rates are to be achievable over the … strengthen social welfare systems and access to health and education to ensure widespread benefits from continued high growth …
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will face increasing challenges to remain globally competitive and maintain high living standards. Future growth will need … rate, which potentially harm economic activity. To improve the sustainability of growth, revenues from non …
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The unemployment rate among young people has reached painfully high levels, in particular among those young people with low levels of education. There are two crucial policy priorities to improve employment prospects for youth in Spain. First, in the very short term, there is need for quick...
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The labour market in Estonia is volatile, increasing the risk that groups with some obstacles to enter the labour market (youth, non-Estonian speakers and workers with no upper secondary graduation certificate) may become long-term unemployed, due to the aggravating skills mismatch in the wake...
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are needed to support the domestic drivers of growth. At a time of fiscal consolidation, these two policy areas should at …
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on the government’s ambition to secure strong and sustainable growth with rising living standards and equal opportunities …
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The labour market in Russia is very flexible. Firms adjust to economic shocks through wage cuts, working hour reductions and minimisation of non-wage labour costs. Workers react by changing jobs. This results in a high and stable overall employment rate, but also high wage inequality,...
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Education has been given high priority by India’s central and state governments and continues to grow fast. School access has been expanded by investment in school infrastructure and recruitment of teachers. In higher education too, the number of providers continues to rise rapidly. A new law...
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The Australian education system fares well in international comparison with regards to PISA test scores and the higher education system attracts an increasing number of foreign students. Vocational education and training (VET) is an important part of the post–secondary education system,...
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This paper surveys the empirical literature on the growth effects of education and social capital. The main focus is on …
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